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JEAN-MARC CHERY
Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
STMicroelectronics
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 Jean-Marc
Chery was born in Orleans, France, in 1960, and graduated
from the National Superior School for Engineering, ENSAM France
in 1984.
A French national, Chery began his professional career in 1985 with MATRA SA
in its Quality organization and by the end of 1986, he had joined
the Discrete Division of Thomson Semiconducteurs, located in Tours.
Following the 1987 merger of SGS Microelettronica and Thomson
Semiconducteurs into what is now STMicroelectronics, he remained
in Tours until the beginning of 2001, first as Division Planning
and Front-End Production Control Manager and later as the Front-End
Operation Manager. In these roles, Chery built the Discrete Division’s
strong reputation for service excellence through an intense improvement
program using automated tools. Under his leadership, ST’s
Tours plant expanded substantially to become one of the world’s
biggest power and protection devices facilities.
Early in 2001, Chery joined ST’s Central Front-End Manufacturing
organization as General Manager of the Rousset 8” (200mm)
plant, eventually taking over both the 6” and 8” wafer
fab operations at the site. In this role, he orchestrated the
expansion of 8” production from project status to a run
rate of more than 6000 wafers per week.
In 2005, Chery successfully led ST’s restructuring program
for 6” front-end wafer manufacturing and he moved to Singapore,
where, in 2006, his efforts earned him the responsibility for
ST’s Asia-Pacific Front-End Manufacturing operations and
EWS (electrical wafer-sort) operations. Under his leadership and
direction, Singapore 5” and 6” wafer fabs are now
running approximately 15,000 wafers per day, covering a wide range
of technologies. The 8” wafer fab is currently running at
6000 wafers per week processing 130, 90 and 65nm Flash technologies.
Additionally, the EWS operation at Singapore represents more than
60% of ST’s total production run rate.
In January 2008, Jean-Marc Chery was promoted to the newly created
position of Chief Technology Officer, where his responsibilities
include ST’s corporate technology R&D, as well as the
production at the Company’s 12” (300mm) Crolles wafer
fab.
Chery is a member of ST’s Executive Committee, comprised
of ten senior corporate executives in addition to the COO and
the CEO.
May 2008
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